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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: In this photo illustration the Social networking site Facebook is displayed on a laptop screen on March 25, 2009 in London, England. The British government has made proposals which would force Social networking websites such as Facebook to pass on details of users, friends and contacts to help fight terrorism. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Cure for Fake News Is Worse Than the Disease

Once established to crush fake news, the Facebook mechanism could be repurposed to crush other types of information that might cause moral panic.

Who decides what’s fake news? If news organizations shortly after 9/11 started reporting that there were NO weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, that the WMD claims were being used by the government to start an illegitimate war, would those news organizations be called “fake news” in today’s environment?